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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1953.

SURREY BEAT MIDDLESEX TO LEAD THE FIELD BY EIGHT POINTS

London, Aug. 25.

Surrey greatly improved their chances of retaining the English County Cricket Championship when they defeated Middlesex, one of their elosest rivals, at the Oval today.

Their win, by 135 runs, put Surrey back on top of the table with an eight points lead over the field.

Leicestershire, leaders last Middlesex week-end, dalled to salvage' n'Lancashire point from their visit to Notting-| All Countles ham and are now sharing eccond games. place with Sussex, who may prove to be Surrey's most dan- gerous rivals on the final lup.

Middlesex ATO fourth, ten points behind Surrey.

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150 25

140 have to play 28

SLENDER

At Eastbourne: Sussex beat Gloucestershire by ten wickets. Gloucestershire 84 and 113. Sussex 181 for one declared and

17 for no wicket.

As - Middlesex- and Lelcester- At Buxton: The match be- Essex sture each have only one more tween Derbyshire anel engagement, their Championship was abandoned. No decision. prospects are extremely siender. The wicket was saturated after

Middlesex's remaining Ave the early morning rain. batsmen put up a a valiant fight

Sussex had to make only 17 runs today to beat Gloucester- this morning against the Surrey "At the Oval: Surrey beat shire, and after 20 minutes' play spin attack. They held out for Middlesex by 135 runs, Surrey they won by ten wickets.

100 minutes and put up 182 runs 230 and 174. Middlesex 155 They have two more matches before the innings and the match and 120 (Locke, left arm spin, to play, compared with three ended 20 minutes before lunch. three for 29). for Surrey, but so much will

Tony Tony Lock, Surrey's slow depend on the game between left-arm bowler, returned match

Manchester: The two Counties at Hove gures of nine these

Lancashire-Kent maich for £7. en Saturday that Lancashire Leicestershire

beaten abandoned-no decision. There were too have an outside chance of by ten wickets by Not

Nottingham-

was nu play today, the wicket being waterlogged. Kent 73 shire. but they made a bold effort to

avold defeat. That for three, were unsuccessful was due

honours.

Follow 10 the leg-break bowl-

Dooland.

The Manchester weather, however, robbed Lancashire of the chance to gain any points

of the Australian, Bruce at the expense of Keil Les than two hours' play was pos

who by dismissing the sible in this match. while at lost three Leicestershire men in Buxton not tr ball could buix

balls without conceding bowled in the game between run gavo his side sufficient time Derbyshire and Essex,

to win.

Surrey Sussex Leicestershire

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152

Dooland altogether took six Posillions at the top of the for 57, and his final onslaught table after today's games were meant that Nottinghamshire had

Played Points 55 minutes in which to hit of 140 140 runs, which they did without 152 losing a wicket In just over

half hour,

an The

winning hit for Surex against Gloucestershire Lodiny was made by the amateur, David Sheppard, who completed អ 2.000 runs for the season.

Shek-O Club Championship Postponed

five

was

At Birmingham: The inatch between Warwickshire and Yorkshire

War- was drawIE, wickshire 277 and 140 for five (Wolton not out 08). Yorkshire 274 (Yardley 80, Pritchard, right arm fast, fve for 10).

do

At Worcester: Tho match between Worcestershire and Hampshire was drawn. Hamp- shire 392 and 154 for one dared (Bridger not out 102). Worcestershire 207 for nine de- clared (Bird 71, Outschoorn 08). Worcestershire did not hat

second time.

THE COMMON. BOND

“Would you mind Dameri it up a bit.xur- Old 'orse" is gettin middling clear

to the

Illingworth

THE SPORTS ROUNDABOUT

No More Pools

For The Rovers

By DAVID JACK

Soccer's most-criticised pitch has been virtually turned into a colander this summer. That is Bristol Rovers' answer to protests from Preston North End players following an Eastville Cup defeat, and from

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BRITISH GUIANAN SCORES CENTURY AGAINST AUSSIES

Taunton, Somerset, Aug. 25.

A no century by Peter Wight, 23-year-old West Indian batsman, on his first appearance in English cricket · helped Somerset to make a creditable draw of the match with the Australians here today.

No play was possible before lunch today because of rain. When the county resumed, needing 278 with their Inst nine wickets to save an innings, defeat, their bats- men added 135 runs in the two hours' play for the loss of only one wicket, but the conditions gave the bowlors no help.

Final score was: Australians in the County Championship 480; Somerset 187 and 158 for next season. two wickets,

Wight and R. Smith put on 05 for the second wicket before Wight, who comes from British Smith fell to a good catch by Gulana, hit the quickest of the Jack Hill. Smith was once out six centuries scored against the In the match for 101 (he was tourists this season after falling not out in the first innings for. to score in his first knock.

He reached three figures in

124 minutes with his 19th boundary and when the match

77).

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ended he was still undefeated Asian Games

for 109.

The West

Indian, who has Lancashire

beon playing In

League cricket this season 454 amateur, did.not

have to co-

tend with Ray Lindwall today snd benelited from

Dome light-hearted bowling when I

became obvious that the match would be drawn, but he drove with delightful freedom ogains! the leg breaks of Doug Ring and Ritchie Benaud.

He should prove of great assistance to the lowly Somerset

Federation

To Meet Next April

players of many other clubs who have dreaded playing there since the Home Soccer Rizal Stadium ore

-war.

Groundaman Bert Barnett has dug thousands of holes 18 inches deep and two inches in diameter, Alled them with flint, and seeded the tops in an effort to drain what was considered an undrainable pitch."

At Nallingham: Nottingham- shiro bent Leicestershire by Yorkshire, who have had a ten wickets, Nottinghamshire very lean reason, falled by three 283 for seven declared and 40 runs in their bid to lead War- for no wicket Leicestershire 92

how much wickshire on

Tests involving the deluging already noticed first innings and and 218 (Hallam 88, Dooland, of the pitch

for hours on end has speeded them up." Warwickshire another right arm legbreak, six for 57).with hoses have been a success. gave shock when they captured

Says Rovers' manager Bert Toon: At Northampton: NorthampPools drained away in a matter wickets for 15 before a sixth wicket stand saved the game for tonshire beat Glamorgan by~|

Nobody here has of minutes. Wawlakshire,

eight wickets. Glamorgan 237 and 150. Northamptonshire 233

ever seen the ground in better Results of first class cricket for seven declared and 158 for condition."

ended today two (Oldfield not out 85).-Rou-

ter..

Owing to Fanling having an important fixture (Chin- ese Cup) on September 27, matches the Club Championship hay were: been postponed until Sun-

day, October 4:

In the Jack Macgregor, trophy knock-out competition the 4th Round has been com pleted

und the semi-inalists kres-Li, Col. N. S. Sykes, H. R. Cleland, L. H. Robinson and N. P. Fox

The Fred Barry Memorial trophy is being played on Sun- day 36 holes against bogey.

The Draw and morning Start- ing Times are as under Com- petitors may arrange their own Starting Times in the afternoon: a.m. A. Lyle-E. W. S. Mc- Gregor; 9.05 H. G. Banham- J. Dickson Leach; 0.10 a.m.

R. R. Cleland-A. Graham, 9.15 R. P. Moodio.-D. Me- Lellan; 9.20 a.m. N. A. Brown. ..H. Robinson: 9.25 N. P. Fox-E. Huttemeler; 0.30 am. D. B. Evans F. D. Ham-

Sidbury J. mond; 9.35 H. Mould; 0.40a.m. J. B. Wi- son M. Lyons; 9.45 T. A. Martin-ft. L.. McGowan: 10

Backe-W S. M. Williams

D.I.

A Flag Competition will

THE RESULTS

which

ALL POINTS WEST

By HENRY LONGHURST

It would be possible in an airy way to refer with strict truthfulness to "the last time I was in Montreal,” Some years ago, after the inevitable pre-dawn slop in a

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Too many dollars to be won or lost lends be this :excessive caution.

Portsmouth have sent two

That Cardiff City forward complimentary tickets to the new line much criticised in recent Festing Hotel, seasons-will be very much on landlord of the near Fratton. They will be trial during, early matches. If used by ex-Colchester United the gool-shy attitude persiste, do manager Jimmy Allen, pre-war not be surprised if the Ninian Pompey centre half, who says: Park club go the limit to induce "It will be very pleasant to Sunderland's Trevor Ford... to this watch football without worrying return to Wales. summer. Allotments outside about what happens if the team manager B Anderson's office loses."

hard have been dug up and court inid for the players' beneflt.

TEE TO TENNIS

Lincoln City footballers have become

termis conscious

fact

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Results

London, Aug. 25. Results of football matches) played today were:

Burnley Chelsea

DIVISION I

2 Blackpool

4 Portsmouth

DIV. II (Northern) Rochdale

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Manila, Aug. 20. The quadrennial conven-, tion of the Asian Games Federation will be held on April 30 next year in the with top athletic officials of about 15 member-nations expect- ed to attend the confab to thresh out matters pertain ing to the conduct of the Asian Games.

Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation President Jorge Vargas will preside over the. 1 conferenCE.

Jupan will send Dr 3R. Asuma. Fronk Matsumoto

and Dr Asano,

Tranmere R. 1

--Reuter. (The Manchester team which was beaten 3-0 by Aston Villa on Monday

Manchester City).

Was

to

Dy Asuma is Japan's Welcgate the International Olympic Committee and is likely to be the next President of the Astan Games. Federation, succeeding Mr Vargas. :

India will be represented by the Maharajah of Patiala, former AGF President, Mr

Hein Ten Hoff Maonul Haq and Mr Sendhi.

KOS Rouse

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Japan will be the next host the Asian Games, and. by tradition a Japanese is bound to bo

The Newark, NJ, Aug. 24.

elected President Hein Ten Hoff of Germany elections will be held on May 6

Rousse of Al-next year, floored Jimmy bany, NY., tonight before scor- To be discussed at the Apri ing a knockout victory at the 30, conference are the site of the round of their scheduled 1002 games, the budget for the

Meanwhile, the Margan brothers from Merthyr, 17-year- old centre-forward Colin and 16- Gillingham manager Archie year-old right back John, have Roports Anderson: "Players Clark thinks he has of last solved shown up well enough in trials are keen-even to the extent of a major problem by signing for Cardiff's chief scout Albert

up their golf outings: Ernie" Kiving

prophesy: "They'll Morgan, Lincoln City Lindon They can't ploy too much | centre-forward. Fee was a big make the grade." tennis for me; in

I've one for Gillingham-not surpris-

Having signed left-wingers Ing considering that Morgan scored 34 goals in 30 matchesTan Wilson from Chesterfield and Albert Wilkinson from Halifax Town, Rotherham Unked will part with Walter Rickett for a Reading's distinctive blue and small fee. Strangely enough, the arth white hoops won't be seen in clubs keenest to sign Rickett 10-round bout at Meadowbrook 1954-1958 term and rules and

Soccer coming

season, areChesterfield Although hooped shirts are un-Town.

had Reading still

to change them for most away

New strip games. shirts, back shorts.

Newfoundland Landscape of logs, fogs, and bogs at Keenan May

benighted Gandar, we set off with the prospecis of "four and a half hours to New York,"

Sure enough, in four and a half hours a splendid city nove in view, and a mighty river spanned by impressive bridges. Unfortunately it was Montreal, where for the next two hours we sat incarcerated by the customs. Such being my total experience of Canada, I now look forward to enlarging it.

Not Get A Title Fight

that'

Last season.

the

usual,

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FITNESS DOES IT

and-Halifax Bowl-United Fress

with St Mirren

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Worcester City, delighted with white Alf Lesz, Polish left winger from St Mirren, are now kečn to sign another winger from Scotland, Sydney, Aug. 25.

Dundee's Irishman Gorry Burrell.

Having played in and, we By the methods adopted by the

It is not certain

If there is a smarter boundary Kidderminster are also keen on hope, between them won the selectors all earned their places. Peter Keenan of

Burreli. Glasgow feldsman in cricket than Ken Tesz and Burrell were club- Championship, E. Canadian

the Other methods might, think.

will be Jimmy Carruthers' Suttl:, of Sussex, I've yet to see British Walker Cup team will go have produced one от two

profesimales down to the Kiftansett Club different names.. ·

opponent for the latter's him, Proof again that accent on the middle syllable-on

Brighton's books -- can teach held on Monday. Cards may the Cape Cod coast some 50 miles in; others, notably the Scottish

As it is, some are lucky to be world bantamweight titlesional footballers-Ken was on years ago.

use of Alarmed at the loose here in November, a spokes-cricketers a few things about be taken out either In the out of Boston,

the "Olympic" term, Olympic for the match Champlon, David Blair, are ex- morning or afternoon but only against the United States.

man for the promoters said physical fitness.

Gomes committeemen are deter tremely unlucky to be out. one card allowed. To enable

tonight.

mined to copyright their symbols Young Peter Alliss, almost

No wonder, when checking the last curd should On all sides 'one hears high In any leam of ten, however,

Speaking for the New South certain to be included in the 18 their attention has been drawn

and names. be taken out not later than 4 praise of Kittansett. Dick Chap-there is precious little difference

Wales Federation vi Police Hyder Cup possibles to meet US to the "Chewing-gum Olympiad Jin. Open to Ladies.

man, a past champion on both between Numbers 9 and 10, whe

stated During September on Eclec-sides of the Atlantic, who liked get in, and Numbers 11 and 12, Boys Clubs, he

that at Wentworth, would find him- for Children" at Zurich, and Le competition will replace the It well enough at first sight to who just miss the aeroplane.

Robert Cohen of France, the self very much on the outside if the "Boogie Woogle Olympiad," usual Medal and Bogey Fools.

No. contender, would prob- there was a strict birth qualifica- become a country member at a It will be in two sections--

miles, range of about a thousand

ably be chosen if he accepted tion rule in golf. As Peter's dad, also being held in Switzerland. Handicaps 12 and under and 13 describes it as a mixture of the

an offer to fight Carruthers. Percy, points out, the lad was bost of British inland and seaside

born in Berlin, while Percy, was golf, and says it should suit our players down to the ground.

and over.

AT DEEP WATER BAY. Despite adverse weather con- ditions at Deep Water Bay Jast

After the malch a number of

Thursday, Bill Stoker managed the team-why not all of the

of the cannot guess, for such a chance to repeat his Success Senior comes but once in a lifetime previous week in the

of 71 nott make their way to what we know Section. His return

Should the result be unsalls- factory there is always the con solation that the chief selector, Harry Bentley, will be there to receive in person the slings and arrows of the outraged critics.

been done yet end, with the vast talent from which the Americans

He said the Federation had professional al the

Cohen Wenssee club.

been unable to contact because of the French strike. Last Thursday, Mr C. J.

Commissioner

that

Famous

Rumours still persist about of Sheffield Wednesday doing a deal

To hope to win a Walker Cup match in America takes a high | Delaney, sense of optimism. It has not Police, announced on behalf of with Derby County Involving the

the Federation

Keenam

exchange of Bert Mozley and for was rated No. 3 contender

Alan Finney. Wednesday Taylor says: "Forget it. Finney is too promising for us to think of parting."

in a Three Club competition over here almost exclusively as can draw, it is difcut to see the Championship, but it had

giving him a 4 stroke lead over the runner up-Brian Booth.

In the Junior Section, Jane Murray and Dean Beyer tied

with for first place

nett 89. Anthony Gray (last week's win- rer In this section) having to be content with second place with a nett return of 87,

Neither the

or

musical comedy, namely Okla-how it can be done this time.

Analise not been possible to homa, which is to be the scene

Other teams, however, have set | arrangements with Cohen of the United States Amatur Loft with higher hopes and fired the No. 2 challenger, Pappy Championship.

ja good deal worse than this one Gault of the United States.-

may.

Reuter.

OPEN-HEARTED

Oklahome, they tell me, is aggressively hot and aggressively

THE POLITICIAN

fat, the citizens being fabulously instance, must surely be vulner- The American Champion, for well off and given to an open-able. Soon after winning, his hearted hospitality notable even title in his native Seattle last year, Jack Westland was elected 1 inconvenience to Malcolm Ro-/m2 met one during the Open in the Republican Interest to the Championship at Portrush and House of Representatives. Now bertson, the Plus 10 handicap here at last was that figure of 47, he appeared for our Cham- player. He returned a score fiction, comparable

with

the pionship at Sandwich as far back

rain-soaked Course nor the continual down-In the States.

much pour appeared to cause

to miss another on

the

European Bridge

manager Eric

Australian Wins Cycling Title

Zurich, Aug. 24. Sidney Patterson of Australia tonight won the World Pursuit Cycling Championship. for pro- fessionals.

He covered the five kilometres stretch of the pursuit event in But the Hillsborough club still minutes. 20 and 6/10 seconde, want a full-back-and if Brad while Kay Werner of Denmark covered the distance in 6 minutes 34 seconds.--France-Presse,

ford will drop their price, Geoff Suddarda is the man for the job.

Don

GOOD ENOUGH

Cromble,

forward

17-year-old of Kilmun

ChampionshipsThistle, has been outstanding

seopen trials. Dan

Huddersfield Town's pre- scored nine Helsinki, Aug. 24.

goals in two games at Leedsroad. Great Beltain kept its narrow

Cromblo is the lad who looked lend In the European bridge booked for Highbury a year ago. championships here as the third He even joined the Areenal round in the Open series finished Supporters Club while on a trip

today.

to London. Egypt beat Denmark 2-0 (55-49) in the third round.

The American captain, in- cidentally, is Charles Yates, who

were;

20 (Gross 09) after having had bricklayer who wins £75,000 in as 1029. the pleasure of seeing his ap-n football lottery, actually in the proach shot on the ninth "y" fesh the matt who has had oil If American pollties ruin a over casual water into the hole discovered in his back garden. man's golf effectively as do our for a Birdie. He was however,

own, he should, with the best will unlucky to

They had sunk two wells, he in the world, be worth a point third when his second thot en-mald, and nothing he could do to us in the singies. fered the hole but floated out, could prevent his drawing, day

2100 week's in and day out, about

English tournament golf:or= A correction in last

Standings after three rounds emisors, perturbed at the in- report on the Tombstone com- day a royallics.

AB Such, at any rate, is the endeared himself to all at St

creasing number of "dawdlera," petition is Stephanie Booth came second in plenaing linerary before us. The Andrews by his public rendering 1. Grost Britain. 5 points, 190-311: should go to America.' for a real by holing team consists of: Licut-Colonel of "A Wee Doch-an-Doris' after 2 France, points, 150-50; 3. sw-heodiche, Dai Rear End Norman the Junior Section out on the nineteenth green. A. A. Duncan (captain), Joe the 1037 match, and to me by dom B. Dette von Nido, recently returned from

NOTHKEY: Drew, Johan greeting The competition scheduled for Carr,

they played: in me at Allants, in his passie - lays Chicago, where

6. Thursday, August 27, La a Langley, Roy McGregor, John brood Southern drawl, with 170-159: 7. Zgypt, 3 pomia, 10-181; the Tam o' Shanter tourney, were Shanghai Foursome: and Morgan, Gerald Micklom, Arthur "well, brother Longhurst, I guess. Norway, 3 points 80-100; 0. Ireshocked to find the average round

band, point, 118-160; 10. Finland games will be arranged when Perowne, Ronnie White, and we'll just let the day unfold, •1 point,” 83-118! 11. (Denmark, over there taking 5 hours 201

minutes. players arrive at the Course:James Wilson.

points," 14:200/United Fre

necessary,

without no worry nor toll."

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